William M. Calder III

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William Musgrave Calder III (born September 3, 1932 in Brooklyn , New York ) is an American classical philologist . His specialty is the history of classical studies.

William Calder began studying Classical Philology at Harvard University in 1950 . From 1960 to 1976 he taught at Columbia University in New York , from 1976 to 1988 at the University of Colorado in Boulder , and since 1988 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign .

He achieved international importance through his research on the history of classical studies. He dealt with Karl Otfried Müller , Theodor Mommsen , Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff , Hermann Diels , Werner Jaeger , Heinrich Gomperz , Theodor Gomperz , George Cornewall Lewis , George Grote , Tycho von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff , Heinrich Schliemann , Otto Jahn , Eduard Meyer , Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker and Gilbert Murray . He is particularly interested in the structures of the subject and its integration into politics and society, in particular the interactions between research on classical antiquity and the Prussian and later German state in the 19th and 20th centuries. In this context he edited the correspondence of several well-known classical scholars and ancient historians. Since 1990 he has been a member of the Academy of Charitable Sciences in Erfurt .

Calder's grandfather, William M. Calder, was an American politician and senator from New York .

Fonts (selection)

  • Studies in the Modern History of Classical Scholarship. Naples 1984 (Antiqua 27).
  • (Ed.): Wilamowitz after 50 years. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1985, ISBN 3-534-08810-7 .
  • Werner Jaeger , in: Michael Erbe (Ed.): Berlinische Lebensbilder. Humanities scientist. Colloquium Verlag, Berlin 1989, pp. 343-363.
  • (Ed., With Alexander Košenina ): Appointment policy within ancient studies in Wilhelmine Prussia. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff's letters to Friedrich Althoff (1883–1908). Klostermann, Frankfurt / Main 1989, ISBN 3-465-02200-9 .
  • (Ed., With Alexander Demandt ): Eduard Meyer. Life and Achievement of a Universal Historian. Brill, Leiden - New York - København - Cologne 1990 ( Mnemosyne Supplement 112), ISBN 90-04-09131-9 .
  • (Ed.): Otto Jahn (1813–1868). A humanities scholar between classicism and historicism. Steiner, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-515-05352-2 .
  • (Ed.): Werner Jaeger reconsidered. Proceedings of the Second Oldfather Conference, held on the Campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign, April 26-28, 1990. Scholars Press, Atlanta 1992.
  • Men in Their Books: Studies in the Modern History of Classical Scholarship. Edited by John P. Harris and R. Scott Smith. Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 1998 (Spudasmata, Volume 67). - Review by Robert Todd, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 25/04/1999 .
  • (Ed., With Renate Schlesier ): Between rationalism and romanticism. Karl Otfried Müller and ancient culture. Weidmann, Hildesheim 1998, ISBN 3-615-00198-2 .
  • (Ed.): Wilamowitz in Greifswald. Files from the conference on Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff's 150th birthday in Greifswald, December 19-22, 1998. Olms, Hildesheim - Zurich - New York 2000 ( Spudasmata , vol. 81), ISBN 3-487-11175-6 .
  • (Ed., With Robert Kirstein ): "From the friend a son". Theodor Mommsen and Ulrich von Wilamowitz – Moellendorff. Correspondence. 1872-1903. Weidmann, Hildesheim 2003, ISBN 3-615-00285-7 .

literature

  • Markus Mülke (Ed.): Wilamowitz and no end. Scientific History Colloquium, Fondation Hardt, September 9-13, 2002. William M. Calder III on the 70th birthday of friends and students , Olms, Hildesheim - Zurich - New York 2000 ( Spudasmata , 92). ISBN 3-487-11987-0 .
  • Stephan Heilen, Robert Kirstein, R. Scott Smith, Stephen M. Trzaskoma, Rogier L. van der Wal, Matthias Vorwerk (eds.): In pursuit of Wissenschaft. Festschrift for William M. Calder III on the occasion of his 75th birthday , Olms, Hildesheim - Zurich - New York 2008 (Spudasmata, 119) ISBN 3-487-13632-5 .

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SURNAME Calder, William M. III
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Calder, William M .; Calder, WM; Musgrave Calder, William; Calder, Guilelmus Musgrave
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York